Abstract
The «elephant scene» complex on the discovered by A. P. Umansky in 1985 rattle-mirror has been considered by many researchers. Alexey Pavlovich was particularly interested in it as well. In his opinion, the mirror shape and image semantics are connected with Hinduism religious mythology, and the scene is a solemn festive procession. Materials from Pakistan, India and Thailand support both of these provisions of A. P. Umansky. According to the summarised data, the back side of the rattle-mirrors with the cone and platens was a kind of Buddhist mandala variant with a conical projection in the center and concentric circles. The comparative analysis of the scenes on the mirror and a jar from Himachal Pradesh leaves no doubt about marches with musicians, dancers and elephants depiction. Such real or virtual processions content in North India in the second half of the I thousand BC may have varied considerably, but it was usually based on religious beliefs. It is possible that they were connected with the afterlife as A. P. Umansky envisaged.
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